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The BCCI has asked the Delhi High Court to reverse the decision that set aside the five-year ban imposed by them on Ajay Jadeja. It has also accused the arbitrator who ruled in Jadeja’s favour of bias.After Jadeja had appealed against the BCCI’s ban to the Delhi High Court, the court had appointed Justice JK Mehra to to rule on the case. Mehra had decided in favour of Jadeja, contending that K Madhavan’s report, which formed the basis of the BCCI ban, was "illegal and against the prinicples of natural justice".The BCCI’s counsel, CS Vaidyanathan, referred to Mehra’s ruling as a "perverse finding". He mentioned that Mehra had disallowed cross-examination of Jadeja on his telephone calls to Uttam Chand, a Chennai bookie, printouts of which were already on record.Vaidyanathan further hit out at Mehra’s comment on "natural justice" by pointing out that the BCCI counsel’s request to re-call Jadeja for further cross examination was rejected by Mehra, who did not deem it necessary to offer a reason for his rejection. Was this not in violation of the principles of "natural justice", queried Vaidyanathan.Vaidyanathan went on to clarify that Madhavan’s role had been merely to investigate the matter, and not to take any action. That onus was on the BCCI’s disciplinary action committee, which had, in accordance with the prinicples of "natural justice", given a full hearing to Jadeja before deciding to impose the ban.Jadeja’s counsel, PP Malhotra, was not quite as convincing as his counterpart. He began the proceedings by submitting hotel records to the court in support of his contention that the BCCI counsel had earlier sought adjournments despite being in town, and had thus tried to vitiate the proceedings. The court ignored him. It asked Vaidyanathan to file a synopsis of his submissions within a week. It also directed Malhotra to file a synopsis of his arguments a week after Vaidyanathan submitted his.July 15 has been fixed as the date of the next hearing.

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Sussex have signed New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor as their overseas player for the first half of the 2016 season, a move made possible by Steve Magoffin’s application for a UK passport.Magoffin has taken 267 first-class wickets in four seasons at Sussex, although he could not prevent them from being relegated to Division Two of the Championship this year. The Australian seamer has an English wife and, after fulfilling residency criteria, is in the final stages of a passport being issued.Taylor’s arrival will add international class to Sussex’s batting line-up as they seek an immediate return to Division One. Taylor, 31, averages 45.99 in Test cricket and last month made his highest score, 290 against Australia in Perth.He is currently playing his 69th Test, against Sri Lanka in Hamilton, and has been capped a further 166 times in ODIs and in 64 T20 internationals. He will play in all three formats for Sussex from April until late July, when New Zealand are scheduled to tour Zimbabwe and South Africa.”I am delighted to be joining Sussex in 2016,” Taylor said. “I’ve heard nothing but positive words said about the set up at Hove and I look forward to contributing across all three forms.”Hopefully I can play my part in helping Sussex bounce straight back from the disappointment of relegation last season. I look forward to linking up with Luke Wright, who I have been speaking to regularly, Mark Davis and my new team-mates in April.”Wright was made Sussex’s captain after Ed Joyce relinquished the role at the end of the season and has been putting the contacts made during various stints in T20 competitions around the world to good use.Only Wright and wicketkeeper Ben Brown managed to pass 1000 Championship runs in 2015 and the retirement of Michael Yardy is likely to leave a hole in the middle order. Taylor, who played T20 cricket for Durham in 2010, is Sussex’s first signing since Davis was appointed head coach, following Mark Robinson’s departure to take charge of England women.”We are thrilled to have acquired the services of Ross Taylor for a large part of the 2016 season,” Davis said. “He is a brilliant all-round player with high skill in all formats of the game. To have secured one of the best batsmen in world cricket is testament to the ambition that we have at Sussex Cricket Limited.”I am sure the Taylor family will have a fantastic time with us in Hove and we look forward to establishing a great relationship with them.”

Wolves are in the midst of a chase to secure European football for next season, with the Old Gold currently sitting eighth in the Premier League table with 40 points on the board from 26 games played.

However, one notable factor about their campaign so far is their lack of goals scored compared to other teams around them in the table, with just 24 throughout the entire campaign. Only Norwich City and Burnley (both of whom are in the relegation zone) have found the back of the net less often, prior to the Lancashire club’s league clash against Leicester City tonight.

With that in mind, now could be the right time for Bruno Lage to unleash one figure at the Midlands club who has yet to be given a shot in the first team.

Hailed as a player who “scores goals” by the club’s head of coaching and football operations Jonathan Hunter-Barrett, 17-year-old marksman Nathan Fraser recently put pen to paper on his first professional contract with Wolves, having risen through the club’s ranks over the past nine years.

Having scored six goals in 17 appearances for the Old Gold’s under-18 side, the teenager has now started to feature for the under-23 team, showing how keen the club have been to progress him through the youth ranks based on his talent.

Raul Jimenez has only netted five goals in 24 league games this season and Fabio Silva failed to make the most of his opportunity by failing to have one shot on target in 90 minutes during Wolves’ recent 1-0 defeat against West Ham United, so perhaps taking a punt on Fraser could be just what the team needs.

In a tweet from Tim Spiers relaying the news about the 17-year-old signing his first professional contract, the journalist described the attacker as “one to watch,” which goes to show just how exciting a prospect he is and what he could go on to achieve if given the chance to do so.

Moving forward, while he may benefit from playing some more minutes with the under-23s first, unleashing the teenager in the first team at some point in the coming months should be in Lage’s thoughts from now on.

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Given how the 45-year-old has shown that he isn’t against testing players from the youth academy in the first team this season, with Luke Cundle getting some senior minutes under his belt for instance, Fraser could well be the next academy graduate in the team at some point.

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Sri Lanka Under-19s have retained their core team from the recent tri-nation series against India and England for the upcoming Under-19 World Cup which starts from January 27 in Bangladesh.Sri Lanka trimmed five members from the 19-member squad for the tri-nations series, but the only new inclusion in the side is Charana Nanayakkara. The squad will be captained by Charith Asalanka, who led Sri Lanka U-19s to the final of the recent triangular series, and was the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka with 158 runs in five matches. Allrounder Shammu Ashan has been retained as vice-captain.Sri Lanka are in Group B of the tournament’s league stage, alongside Canada, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and will play their first match on January 28, against Canada.Sri Lanka U-19 squad: Kaveen Bandara, Salindu Ushan, Shammu Ashan (vc), Charith Asalanka (capt), Avishka Fernando, Wanidu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Charana Nanayakkara, Vishad Randika, Lahiru Samarakoon, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Jehan Daniel, Damitha Silva, Thilan Nimesh

Durham have given up hope of signing Jacques Kallis, the South Africa allrounder, as a replacement for Shivnarine Chanderpaul.Kallis was left out of South Africa’s squad for the ICC World Twenty20 next week. But although Durham reportedly tried to entice him with an attractive pay deal, Kallis has turned it down.”Players of his quality are few and far between,” Geoff Cook, the Durham coach said, “and there are also problems with work permits.”Durham have three matches left this season in their pursuit for the Championship title. Chanderpaul, the West Indies batsman, spent a month at the club following his side’s tour of England and notched five fifties in nine matches.

Shoaib Akhtar: under the spotlight again © Getty Images

Shoaib Akhtar and the rest of the Pakistan team were cleared of any wrongdoing after a controversial incident during the third one-day international against England at the Rose Bowl.Pictures from Sky Sports appeared to show Akhtar flicking his thumb at the ball as he walked back to his mark, but Mike Procter, the match referee, issued a statement saying that no action would be taken: “After viewing television footage the match umpires have decided no action should be taken against any Pakistan players.”It is quite possible that Shoaib was removing mud or dirt from the ball, but if so that is still illegal as only the umpire can do so. The incident did not appear to be seen by either official. Former England captain Michael Atherton, who was commentating for Sky at the time, invited the viewers to: “make your own minds up” after watching the footage. Pat Murphy, on Radio 5 Live, accused Sky of “power without responsibility”. However, Nasser Hussain, analysing the incident after the innings, was more critical: “At best he’s been very, very silly. To do that in the present climate is stupid.”However, Younis Khan, the Pakistan vice-captain, played down the incident. “In my eyes it looked like he was picking some dust,” Younis told reporters. “Why do we make it a big issue every time the ball is reverse-swinging? In the last 20 years it has been made a big issue but to me it is a small issue, cricket is a gentleman’s game so let’s make it simple. Reverse-swing is happening all the time – Australia do it, England did it in the Ashes last year – because pitches are dry, everybody is used to it in these conditions.”The incident comes within two weeks of the Oval fiasco, when Pakistan forfeited the fourth Test against England after being accused of ball-tampering.

Shane Watson wants to be the new Freddie Flintoff, who was the new Ian Botham, who wasn’t the new anyone … © Getty Images

Just as the English allrounder Andrew Flintoff spent the early years of his career striving to become the new Ian Botham, the Australian Shane Watson has now set his sights on becoming the new Freddie. Watson said on Wednesday that he had been inspired by Flintoff’s Man-of-the-Series performance in England’s 2-1 Ashes victory against Australia and hoped to face him in next month’s Super Series Test in Sydney.Watson, 24, is currently on tour with Australia A in Pakistan and said he wanted to become Australia’s version of Flintoff. “Freddie’s performances showed what a great genuine allrounder does for the side,” he told from Rawalpindi. “Obviously it gives the team a lot more options and I’m definitely working really hard and hoping that I get up to Freddie’s standard.”I definitely feel that I’ve got what it takes. I’m only 24 as well and I’m improving all the time so hopefully I’ll be that person and that player for Australian cricket.” Flintoff, 27, scored 402 runs from 10 innings in the Ashes series and took 24 wickets at an average of 27.29, winning comparisons with Botham, England’s last great allrounder.Watson has the full backing of Trevor Hohns, Australia’s chairman of selectors. “We consider it’s time to make some adjustments to the batting line-up,” said Hohns. “Watson gives the squad added flexibility.”

Sourav Ganguly: India’s form player© Getty Images

Let the mind-games begin. As India and Pakistan prepare to do battle in their decisive Pool C encounter at Edgbaston, Bob Woolmer, Pakistan’s coach, has reopened a few old wounds by suggesting that India’s batsmen are susceptible to the short ball.Brett Lee made Indian lives a misery with his hostile line of attack during the 2003 World Cup, and Woolmer believes that in Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami, he has the right weapons with which to repeat the dose and propel his side into the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy."Indian batsmen struggle against short-pitched bowling. They just can’t hook,” Woolmer declared to rediff.com. “There is no batsman in the world who is comfortable against fast, short-pitched bowling, particularly when it is directed at the head. It’s just not this generation of batsmen. You take any generation down the years, and they all had the same problem."There is one Indian batsman, in Woolmer’s opinion, who is up to the task. But, unfortunately for India, Sachin Tendulkar is not present at this tournament. He was forced to withdraw ahead of the NatWest Challenge with a bout of tennis elbow, and remains doubtful for the first Test against Australia at Bangalore next month.In Tendulkar’s absence, a lot could yet rest on the man cast from the master’s mould, Virender Sehwag. His form of late has been woeful, but the big-match atmosphere – and his previous successes against Pakistan – could be just what he needs to get back to his attacking best.”Viru really just needs one good innings," said John Wright, India’s coach. "Sometimes, when you haven’t been getting runs, I think you just need to spend time in the middle. Sehwag is a great player. At the moment he needs to back himself, play straight and [the runs] will eventually come.”There have been suggestions that Sehwag, who has mustered just 44 runs in six innings since the final of the Asia Cup, needs to tone down his aggressive instincts and play a holding role for a change, but Wright fervently disagrees. “I basically believe that Sehwag needs to play his natural game," he insisted. "He is a fearless batsman and you can’t ask him to curb his instincts."Wright spoke of the need for one of his top three of Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman to come good, and pointed to Ganguly’s form as the biggest positive to have come out of the tournament so far. But Woolmer has other ideas. “I see cricket slightly differently," he said. "I see cricket as a team game. The top three in any team are important and their performance is vital, but I believe every player has a role to perform; to win, every player has to do the task assigned to him.”But, as has so often been the case this week, the weather could play a major part in the proceedings. It has been damp and overcast for the past two days, and Woolmer warned that the match could hinge on two or three critical moments. "At the end of the day, the team that grabs the opportunities is the one that will win. We need to forget the past; those matches were played on different surfaces.”

A recurrence of a rib injury has forced Craig White to play as a specialist batsman for the rest of the season, further ruining any hopes of making an England comeback.White was examined by the Yorkshire physio on Tuesday and they now plan to re-assess his condition at the end of the summer. He told the BBC, “I’ll play as a batsman and if I get back bowling, fine, but if not, I’m going to have to sit down and really think about where I’m heading."He added: “I’m 33 and I think I’ve got a lot of cricket left in me yet – it’s just that when you keep getting injured it does get you down, and there’s only so much you can take. I’ll just re-assess at the end of the summer – see where I am.”White, who underwent surgery on his ribs at the start of the season, left the field during Yorkshire’s National League match against Surrey on Sunday. “It has been sore since I started bowling against Somerset at Taunton, but I knew and I was just hoping it would gradually get better,” he told the Yorkshire Post. “I tried to bowl a bouncer at Mark Butcher but as soon as I had released the ball I had excruciating pain in the same area. It was as if someone had stabbed me with a knife.”